About: reading literacy

Public libraries: A hidden key to the success of the Digital Single Market
Public libraries are a neglected resource when it comes to devising policies on skills, growth and jobs, writes Ilona Kish.
Vassiliou: We urgently need to improve literacy skills in Europe
With one in five 15-year-olds and 75 million adults lacking basic reading and writing skills, Europe desperately needs to improve its literacy standards, says Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou.
Health Literacy: skills for living
The first half of 2013 will witness the Council and Parliament finalising the Commission's new proposals for updating the directive on information to patients on medicines. The new regime that this ushers in will aim to tackle almost half of Europe's patients, who are 'health illiterates'.